After having done the cut&fold only model making, sketching a few of those and imagining spaces inside them, after Rhino explorations and making shelters from broom sticks and warping paper (blog post on which following the link bellow) we were introduced to the Project 4 brief. Our task is to use all of the work done and knowledge gained in the pre-project task, and design a timber pop-up structure, which would work both as a kiosk to sell goods from and a shelter, to pass a night in.
We had a choice of site for the pop-up to be designed in between busy spaces in Birmingham, from which I chose Victoria Square, very much a heart of Birmingham's culture, from which the lively streets, veins, expand.
Another choice we had to make was what was going to be the product, or product range sold in the pop-up. I had two immediate ideas, things I would like to be the seller of: candy or arts supplies. The two kinds of shops I can spend irrational amounts of time in, adoring the products. I went for art supplies. This choice corresponds to the choice of site, after wondering the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, get yourself a pencil, a piece of paper and create art yourself. Or feel the buzz of New Street echoing the gracious shapes of it, and then document it. The kiosks range of products would not be refrained by classical tools of visual arts, it would sell film cameras for rapid capturing and supplies of musicians. Some refreshments would also be available, for when making art becomes physically tiring.
Three concept ideas emerged, two of which based on the shapes form pre-project. One, the pencil, a triangular shape, like the tip of a pencil, other, a paper ship like shape, another, a super-size arts supply box. All of these ideas were connected by the notion of motion, changeability. One shape, space whilst selling, different, when being a shelter, by opening up during the sales, and closing down, becoming more private, when acting as a shelter